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Some of the wildfires as seen from space during the height of the summer outbreak on July 9, 2008. The 2008 California wildfire season was one of the most devastating in the state of the 21st century. While 6,255 fires occurred, [1] about two-thirds as many as in 2007, the total area burned— 1,593,690 acres (6,449.4 square kilometres) [2 ...
2020 Western United States wildfire season. 2020 Western United States wildfire season. Satellite image of the smoke from the wildfires burning in California and Oregon on September 9, 2020. Date (s) July 24, 2020 (2020-07-24) – December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31) Location. Western United States.
The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [ 1 ] Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two ...
Crews arrived to a grass and tree fire that quickly spread to multiple vehicles as well as a house. The house has extensive damage. The total area is approx 3-4 acres.
One person was killed and two were injured late Saturday in a Sacramento house fire that remains under investigation. The Sacramento Fire Department responded at 10:07 p.m. to a fire at a single ...
Chris Biderman. September 11, 2024 at 7:45 AM. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. Two adults and five children were displaced after a fire severely damaged a home and destroyed a car in Arden ...
None. In the late evening of March 18, 2018, Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed in Meadowview, Sacramento, California by Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet, two officers of the Sacramento Police Department in the backyard of his grandmother's house while he had a phone in his hand.
In 2022, one fatal house fire occurred every three hours and 14 minutes while one home fire injury occurred every 53 minutes. (NFPA) Home fires in 2022 resulted in 2,710 civilian deaths. (NFPA) In ...